Admiration vs Adoring - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between admiration and adoring is that admiration is wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue while adoring is adoration. As a verb adoring is . As an adjective adoring is showing adoration or admiration.
admiration English
Noun
( en noun)
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
(obsolete) Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
* Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman?
Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour
Of other your new prankes.'' — , I.ii.
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
* Shakespeare
- Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration .
Synonyms
* wonder
* approval
* appreciation
* adoration
* reverence
* worship
Derived terms
* admirative
* admiratively
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adoring English
Verb
(head)
Derived terms
* adoringly
Noun
( en noun)
adoration
* 1847 , Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God
- We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.
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